New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
Ball Corporation adds two manufacturing and finance leaders to board, supporting aluminium packaging growth
Ball Corporation, a global producer of sustainable aluminium packaging, has appointed Darlene J. Nicosia and Sherry L. Buck to its board of directors. The appointments bring additional experience in manufacturing, operations, procurement and finance to the board. Stuart A. Taylor II, Chairman of...
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Ball Corporation releases 2020 Sustainability Report
Ball Corporation announced the release of its seventh biennial sustainability report. It covers calendar years 2018 and 2019. The company outlines its role in driving the transition to a real circular economy and includes a framework for how the industry can achieve an ambitious circular model....
Carcano Antonio receives ASI Performance Standard Certification for conversion operations and rolling plant
Carcano Antonio S.p.A., one of the most important European companies in the field of aluminium foil flexible packaging, has achieved ASI Performance Standard Certification for its conversion operations in Andalo Valtellino and Mandello del Lario, and also for rolling plant in Delebio, Italy....
Environment Agency reports record aluminium packaging recycling rates
The Environment Agency reported a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2 2020. In the first half of 2020, 76,933 tonnes were collected for recycling, from 50,744 tonnes in the same period in 2019, an increase of 52%. Aluminium packaging collected through...
Ball Corporation signs two virtual power purchase agreements for 93.4 MW of additional wind energy
Ball Corporation has inked two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) in Europe – one for the Corral Nuevo project with wpd and one for the Brattmyrliden project with Falck Renewables – for 93.4 megawatts (MW) of additional wind energy. The agreement will allow the company to address...
Frank and Honest announces the launch of its new aluminium coffee capsules compatible with Nespresso® machines
Frank and Honest has announced that it has launched its new aluminium coffee capsules, embarking a significant step in sustainable journey. The company says that these aluminium capsules will replace the entire usage of plastic in its coffee capsules. Frank and Honest also explains that using...
Constellium’s Q2 revenue dropped 33% to €1.0 billion due to lower shipments and lower metal prices
Constellium reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020. For the second quarter of 2020, shipments stood at 310 thousand tons, a decrease of 25% compared to the second quarter of 2019 due to lower shipments in all three segments. Revenue stood at €1.0 billion, down 33% year on year...
Hydro to supply Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminium to drinks producer HELL
Hydro has entered into a strategic partnership with drinks producer HELL for the supply of Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminium. This marks the entrance of Hydro CIRCAL into the beverage can industry. HELL ENERGY Group is a producer of energy and soft drinks with own production of beverage cans in...
Aluminium packaging recycling organization Alupro appeals for sustained focus on residual recycling
Alupro has restated the significance of kerbside recycling following the launch of energy from waste (EfW) recovery report. Rick Hindley, executive director at Alupro said: “It’s essential that kerbside recycling rates continue to increase and that we prioritise the use of aluminium as a...
Aleris Aluminium Duffel receives ASI Chain of Custody Standard Certification
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has announced today, on July 13, that it certified Aleris Aluminium Duffel with its Chain of Custody Standard Certification for aluminium refining/remelting, casting, and semi-fabrication activities. Aleris plant in Duffel, Belgium, manufactures aluminium sheet and...
Lancefield Recycle Centre launched, accepting aluminium coffee pods to oral care products
Lancefield Recycle Centre has been reportedly launched last week, where people in the neighbourhoods can dispose of and recycle aluminium coffee pods to oral care products such as electric toothbrush. Also, items like bread tags, writing instruments, dish washing and air products, contact lenses...
Alcoa Warrick operations marks 60-year milestone, a pioneer in the aluminium food and beverage container market
Alcoa Warrick operations has passed 60-year milestone, undergoing a series of constant growth and evolution. Facilities have been added and modified over the years, while thousands of employees have come and gone. Three generations, going on four, have benefitted from Warrick operations’ presence...
Tubex to manufacture aerosol can for Unilever’s Rexona Recycled Refreshed antiperspirant
Unilever has collaborated with Aerosol can manufacturer Tubex for its new Rexona Recycled Refreshed antiperspirant product. Tubex will manufacture aerosol can for Unilever’s new range. The aerosol can is made of a patented aluminium alloy and 25% post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. Leo Werdich,...
Singapore trying to boost aluminium packaging waste recycling, rolls out thirty-four new reverse vending machines
Thirty-four new reverse vending machines have been added to the existing network of sixteen at locations islandwide in Singapore. The new machines that accept plastic and aluminium containers and dispense discount vouchers in return have been rolled at malls like IMM and Vedok Mall and complexes...
Ball teams up with Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions for Ball Aluminium Cup
Ball Corporation, a supplier of innovative, sustainable aluminium packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and others, has teamed up with Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions, a leading omnichannel solutions provider, for retail launch of the Ball Aluminium Cup at Walmart and Sam's Club locations...
SIG offers ASI-certified aluminium in its packs in Europe
SIG is offering ASI-certified aluminium as standard for all SIG packs in Europe. SIG claims the company is the only aseptic carton producer to offer ASI-certified aluminium in its packs. The company is the first in the industry to obtain certification to both the ASI (Aluminium Stewardship...
Abralatas joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new Associations member
Abralatas has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as an Association member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 124. Abralatas, founded in 2003, is the Brazilian Aluminium Can Manufacturers Association. It aims to promote the aluminium can and communicating overall can benefits...
NICE launches wine range in Ardagh's 187ml beverage cans
British beverage company NICE has selected Ardagh’s new 187ml Wine Can for its range of three wines to expand into the on-trade channel. Jeremy May, Co-Founder of NICE, said: “As soon as we knew Ardagh’s 187ml can was on its way, we decided we wanted it, to launch it as a range to target the...
“War against Plastic”: Weldtite rolls-out reusable Pure Aluminium refill bottle
Weldtite is pursuing “wage war on plastic” with the roll-out of reusable Pure Aluminium Refill Bottle. The R&D unit scouted a collection of ideas to functionally lessen the consumption of plastic and considered those refill strategies often place too much importance on the consumer returning with a...
